Mangalore, February 17: Dharmadhikari of the Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Dr D Veerendra Heggade was given a warm felicitation by Yoga Federation of India (YFI) on Thursday at the a function in Dharmasthala near here.
The felicitation comes ahead of the 36th National Yoga Championship 2011.
The officials of the NFI also handed over the logo of upcoming event to Dr Heggadde.
Speaking on the occasion the Dharmadhikari said yoga is a way of living whose aim is 'a healthy mind in a healthy body'.
Man is a physical, mental and spiritual being; yoga helps promote a balanced development of all the three, he said adding that other forms of physical exercises, like aerobics, assure only physical well-being. They have little to do with the development of the spiritual or astral body.
The Yoga Championship is scheduled to be held from November 29 to December 3 at the Sri Kshetra. In all, more than 800 yoga students from 27 states and 200 national level referees are expected to participate.
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